American Life - Primus

You voted in huge numbers and the results are finally about to be revealed. But hold your horses - we've got 24 stunning examples of first-rate bassmanship to get through before we get to the winner.

Click through our gallery to find out which basslines moved you, grooved you and made you want to get your hands on your own bass and make it sing.

But first, in at 25, it's...

American Life - Primus

YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1F_88UksxA

Les Claypool is a dark lord of the bass artists, a low-end wizard with skills to spare. He deploys his entire armory of tricks on American Life, and it is a sound from bass heaven (and a devil to play).

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Free Will - Rush

This isn't the last time you'll be seeing Canada's premier prog-bass genius in this poll.

Geddy Lee has built an entire career out of pushing his bass playing into ever more unexpected areas, and Free Will - from 1980 album Permanent Waves - showcases some of the best he ever committed to record. And all while singing at the same time. Colour us impressed.

Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers

The lead single from 1991's multi-million selling Blood Sugar Sex Magik was largely the result of Flea and John Fruciante's jam sessions during their time in post-Mother's Milk side project H.A.T.E.

Once Anthony Kiedis heard it, he was sold: "I was so struck by Flea's bass part, which covered the whole length of the instrument's neck, that I jumped up and marched over to the mic, my notebook in tow."

Dancing In The Moonlight - Thin Lizzy

As well as being one of the greatest rock frontmen ever, Phil Lynott was no slouch on the bass.

Dancing In The Moonlight's effortlessly groovy bassline slinks the song along, and was the standout track (and single) from the 1977 Bad Reputation album. It also features on Live And Dangerous, the legendary Thin Lizzy live album, a version that arguably trumps the record for sheer irrepressible vibe.

The Guns Of Brixton - The Clash

Clash bassist Paul Simonon wrote and sung this claustrophobic, reggae-influenced cut from 1979 and it was later covered extensively and sampled to great effect. Another example of an almost ridiculously simple set of notes becoming a devastatingly effective bassline.

I Want You Back - The Jackson 5

The Jackson 5's towering 1969 single features this peach of a bassline, flawlessly played by session man Wilton Felder.

A prime example of post-James Jamerson funky, soulful bass playing, it's bounces all over the place while never losing sight of that all-important groove. So good, it's still guaranteed to fill any dancefloor to this day.

The Lemon Song - Led Zeppelin

Borrowing heavily from Howlin' Wolf's Killing Floor, The Lemon Song saw Zeppelin perform virtually live in Hollywood's Mystic Studios in 1969, with Jones pulling an intricate bass take out of the bag that was apparently almost entirely improvised.

Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed

One of the standout tracks from Lou Reed's incredible 1972 album Transformer, this David Bowie-produced classic saw bassist Herbie Flowers scoop a double session fee when he overdubbed his upright line with a fretless electric.

Come Together - The Beatles

Macca played more complex parts, but there's not many that are as irresistibly cool as Come Together, the late-period Beatles masterpiece that saw the warring fabs somehow pull a stand-out performance out of the bag. Just plain cool.

Another One Bites The Dust - Queen

With two basslines in our rundown, John Deacon might have come out on top of this poll if Queen fans' votes hadn't been split between Under Pressure and this.

Deacon was certainly influenced by Chic's Good Times but the lean, funky, bass-driven Another One Bites The Dust has racked up an astonishing amount of airplay over the years and remains immensely popular.

Roundabout - Yes

Co-written by Squire in 1971, after its moody acoustic guitar intro, Roundabout features a surprisingly funky bass riff from 0:44 onwards that is the dictionary definition of the Rickenbacker bass sound that the Yes bassist made his own.

Orion - Metallica

Another huge bass talent with an all too brief recording career, Cliff Burton's outrageous lead bass work on Anaesthesia (Pulling Teeth) from Metallica's 1983 debut album marked him out as something special from the word go. 1986's Orion was his masterpiece.

Good Times - Chic

Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards' 1979 composition was a huge disco hit but that's only half the story.

One of the most-sampled records in history, an onstage jam at Bonds nightclub in NYC would spawn Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight, while the bassline was a huge influence on Queen's Another One Bites The Dust, released the following year.

My Generation - The Who

The bass solo that it's OK to love was recorded on 13 October 1965, with John Entwistle turning to his Fender Jazz Bass after breaking a succession of strings on the Danelectro that he'd intended to use for the part.

Peaches - The Stranglers

A top 10 hit for The Stranglers in 1977, banned by the BBC and one of punk's best basslines, Peaches is JJ Burnel's masterpiece, and is one of the most satisfying basslines on this list to play. Seriously - try it.

Town Called Malice - The Jam

Bruce Foxton's unbeatable, Motown-influenced bassline propels Town Called Malice into the stratosphere, and directly to the top of our 2014 poll. It's easy to see why: it fuses soul, rock, punk and funk, while somehow remaining its own beast.

Of course, it owes a debt to the foot-tapping James Jamerson bassline from You Can't Hurry Love by The Supremes, but we'll forgive The Jam, because, well, there are worse places to take inspiration from...